Ndihokubwayo, Espérance

Ndihokubwayo, Espérance

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Interviewee Age

Born during Mwambutsa regime (last King of Burundi)

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Occupation

Farmer

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

Crafts teaching center

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Ngozi Downtown, the commune is Ngozi, the province Ngozi

Current Geographical Location

Musenyi Village, the commune is Songa, the province Bururi

Interview Date

3-7-2022

Interviewer Name

Florence Nitunga 

Summary of Oral History

Espérance Ndihokubwayo lived near the parquet of Ngozi, she saw soldiers killing people. Some of them spent the whole night wailing and screaming in pain. Her elder brother was also taken away in the same war of...72. They came and arrested people, picked them from their house. When the truck arrived at the Ngozi prison, she saw the soldiers killing them. The next day, she saw the same truck transporting dead bodies in the pits that they prepared to dump them into. "People were caught and taken away and killed because they were Hutu," she added. Then that tragedy happened to her loved one who was working as a military officer’s service. She also missed Sabimbona, her own child, Mukeshimana, Ana Mariya Ndoricimpa, Niyonsaba, her own children and her brother. Her children were taken away by natural death later but her brother and her spouse were killed in the war. There were so many people killed that she couldn’t list. They plundered the land parcel that her loved one had bought in the Manyoni business center. She lived afterwards in extreme poverty.

Named Persons

The president of the country Micombero, Mwambutsa was the king, Barumwete David is her father, her mom is Maragarita Bamenyero. Bitega her grandfather, her grandmother was Simbakira, Sabimbona is her own child, Mukeshimana, Ana Mariya Ndoricimpa, Niyonsaba are her own children, Sylvere Busuguyi is her spouse, Ndagunze Evariste is her brothers. Gabriel Nindagiye a family member killed in 1972

Named Places

Musenyi village, Taba village, Matana is currently a commune but it was Gitandu in 1972, Matana village, Musongati is the hill, Bururi province. Ngozi prison, Manyoni business center, Songa commune. Burundi is the country.

Length of Oral History

00:31:07

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere

Field Folder Number

22

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